RPG Makers.

[Rush]

Knowledge, as well as Insite needed...

QUESTION ONE: Which system was created first:

The RPGMAKER XP, or, the RPGMAKER VX?

QUESTION TWO: Which system above is more user friendly towards newbies...to such systems...who are considering creating an RPG?

Thanks,
Rush.

[CrazyBernie]

RPG Maker XP was released in '04/'05 (Jap/Eng). VX is the most recent version of RPG Maker... released in '07/'08.

VX is suppose to be more user-friendly, with one major caveat:

One notable disadvantage from the previous version, however, is the lack of support for multiple tilesets when mapping, leaving the player with only a finite number of unique tiles with which to depict all the game's environs. Multiple player-made workarounds exist, but this remains a sore point among many RMVX users

[Rush]

Thank you, CrazyBernie.

Rush.

[Rush]

Going to take a look. I'm not a programmer by any means, but if tooling around on it turns out to be entertaining...I've some spare time to kill with it.

Rush.

[Rush]

Hey (to anyone)...was there an RPG Maker created for a console system a long while back? Maybe for the Playstation I or II, or the X-Box or some other system?

Rush.

[Tyrbus]

Through XNA (Microsoft's answer the the indie game making scene) there is an RPG Starter Kit, which is a top down environment, with separate, side-scroller battles. That could help you to develop for the Xbox 360 and PC, but I am unaware of any official ways to make games for the PS consoles.

[CrazyBernie]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPG_Maker